Referred to skin clinic

I have a mole that GP says he isn't too concerned about but referred me due to it being sore /sensitive to touch/growing. Its on my braline on my back so I'm not sure what happens... Will they leave it even though it's being irritated by clothing?

 

Some days it's fine, other days it really is sore. Its not bleeding or flaky thankfully.

 

I'm not sure how long to expect to wait for an appointment for?  The letter I got about referral suggests I will hear about an appointment  within four weeks, but with covid pandemic I'm not sure. Hopefully it's nothing

 

  • Thanks Angie.  I was surprised actually she didn't have a closer look at some of the others,.  I have quite a few moles on chest and back but she didn't look at the chest and only two on my back, and as I said the one they cut out looked fine to the naked eye.  She seemed a bit put out as I wasn't there for chest and back so it does go through your mind to wonder if she checked properly, but she was the expert!  The one I went in for on the face was I think she said Seborrhoeic keratoses and just to keep an eye on it as it may grow.  I also asked if she could check (was probably pushing my luck by this point!) a dark mark on the side of my big toenail.  It's not a thin black line. more a chunky tan shading purely restricted to the nail.  Again she just had a quick look and said it was a fungal infection which are common in nails.  I suspect they are so experienced a quick look is all they need to tell in most cases but I felt it was so unneccessary that she seemed so put out by my request.  After all if I hadn't asked I would never have had it removed.  It makes you question what you should do in future almost.